Synopsis:
In the Antarctic, after an expedition
with Dr. Davis McClaren (Bruce Greenwood), the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd
(Paul Walker) has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the
proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the
mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six
months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission while his dogs fight
for survival.
Brian's Rating:
D+ : This is the type of movie you watch only as a family movie with small
children. The kind where the expectations are lowered enough that you expect
what you get. It is not my type of movie to be watching when I do not have
those restrictions in place.
These types of movies just do not do it for me. Where they are overtly
appealing to dramatic emotion. Throw in dogs or cats, some background music you
here on movies aired on lifetime, and mix it with some bad acting, and you get a
film like this. Kids eat it up. I don't.
The
Freak's Rating: C+ : Though I agree with Brian about the "type" of movie
this is, I do think it works. Jason Biggs (of American Pie) is thrown in
as comic relief and is absolutely awful, but for the most part the acting is
decent. The real stars of the film are, of course, the animals. The
work they had to do to get these animals to perform as well as they do here is
fantastic.
My biggest problem is the rating
though. A PG implies guidance is suggested, but I feel some parents may
wish they hadn't chosen this one, as they may have to explain a few scenes that
are a little too sad for children's eyes. There is much better children's
fare out there, but Eight Below is mediocre enough to deliver to audiences who
would consider it exactly what they want.
Jen's
Rating: C : I cried so much in this movie that I just can't go through that
again! Anyone who gets emotional while watching movies with animals in it,
probably shouldn't see this. It's an ok movie but I just had that anxious/sad
feeling in my heart the whole time like I did during United 93 (a movie I think
is really good but probably not something you want to see over and over).
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